GRAMMAR: Simple, Compound, and Complex sentences
By: Ineke Vitriani Widaya
Read the following sentences and state whether they are simple,
compound or complex.
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A simple sentence consists of just one clause.
A complex sentence consists of a main clause and one or
more subordinate clauses.
A compound sentence consists of two or more clauses of
equal rank.
1. Alice and James went to the park in the evening.
2. Rani went to the market and bought some flowers.
3. As soon as the dog saw its master, it started wagging its tail.
4. The farmer took good care of the cows.
5. Raju liked the watch which his aunt presented to him.
6. The house was so beautiful that he decided to buy it.
7. Although it was a sunny day, we did not go out.
8. In spite of her good ranks, she did not get admission.
9. Ernest Hemingway wrote the novel ‘The Old Man and the Sea’.
10. I was quite impressed with her performance.
11. You can leave or stay.
12. The artist hoped that all the paintings would be sold.